There is a growing push in the U.S. Congress to slap sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

The pipeline under construction would carry Russian natural gas to Germany, and has been a lightning rod of controversy both in Europe and across the Atlantic. Many governments and officials from Eastern Europe fear deeper dependence on Russia...

Will The US Slap Sanctions On Nord Stream 2?]]>Oxford University Dumbs-Down Admissions Process For 'Disadvantaged' ApplicantsSat, 25 May 2019 11:47:16 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/oxford-university-dumbs-down-admissions-process-for-disadvantaged-applicants.154726/
http://bluechum.com/threads/oxford-university-dumbs-down-admissions-process-for-disadvantaged-applicants.154726/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler Durdenunveiled a "sea change" in its admissions process.

Disorganized showers and thunderstorms continue along a trough of
low pressure that extends from Nicaragua westward over the far
eastern Pacific. This system is expected to move little during the
next few days, and some gradual development is possible while the
disturbance remains offshore. Regardless of...

Over this weekend 28 member states of the European Union go to the polls in an impressive exercise of democracy. Polling takes place over four days, ending on Sunday. The full results won’t be finalized until next week. But already it is widely anticipated that so-called populist parties across the bloc will make significant...

Showers and thunderstorms remain disorganized in association with a
trough of low pressure that extends from Nicaragua westward to the
far eastern North Pacific. This system is expected to meander
during the next few days, and some gradual development is possible
if the disturbance remains offshore....

Eastern North Pacific Tropical Weather Outlook]]>Rural America Is On The Verge Of CollapseSat, 25 May 2019 04:27:17 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/rural-america-is-on-the-verge-of-collapse.154720/
http://bluechum.com/threads/rural-america-is-on-the-verge-of-collapse.154720/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler DurdenDistressed Communities Index (DCI) shows a significant economic transformation (from two distinct periods: 2007-2011 and 2012-2016) that occurred since the financial crisis. The shift of human capital, job creation, and business formation to metropolitan areas reveals that rural America is teetering on the edge of collapse.

Since the crisis, the number of people living in prosperous zip codes expanded by 10.2 million, to a...

Rural America Is On The Verge Of Collapse]]>This Might Be Where The Very First Total Nuclear War StartsSat, 25 May 2019 04:27:17 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/this-might-be-where-the-very-first-total-nuclear-war-starts.154721/
http://bluechum.com/threads/this-might-be-where-the-very-first-total-nuclear-war-starts.154721/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler DurdenVia National Interest,

Undoubtedly, for nearly two decades the most dangerous place on Earth has been the Indian-Pakistani border in Kashmir. It’s possible that a small spark from artillery...

This Might Be Where The Very First Total Nuclear War Starts]]>Academic Elitists Have Invented A New Way To Rig Voting In The FutureSat, 25 May 2019 03:20:54 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/academic-elitists-have-invented-a-new-way-to-rig-voting-in-the-future.154719/
http://bluechum.com/threads/academic-elitists-have-invented-a-new-way-to-rig-voting-in-the-future.154719/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler DurdenAuthored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.com,

The question of whether or not “democracy” works is always being studied, by proponents of freedom as well as by proponents of authoritarianism. The founding fathers of the sovereign American experiment were far more intelligent than some critics today give them credit for – they knew full well that democracy does...

Academic Elitists Have Invented A New Way To Rig Voting In The Future]]>Drivers Are Turning To Sex Dolls And Mannequins To Use HOV LanesSat, 25 May 2019 03:01:59 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/drivers-are-turning-to-sex-dolls-and-mannequins-to-use-hov-lanes.154718/
http://bluechum.com/threads/drivers-are-turning-to-sex-dolls-and-mannequins-to-use-hov-lanes.154718/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler Durden
An increasing number of drivers are illegally using HOV carpool lanes by stuffing mannequins, skeletons, even blowup sex dolls and various other items into their cars to try and fool police into thinking that they have a passenger when they don’t. The practice has reached a fever pitch, according to the...

Drivers Are Turning To Sex Dolls And Mannequins To Use HOV Lanes]]>Shocking Photo Shows Mt. Everest "Death Zone" Traffic Jam As Climber Fatalities RiseSat, 25 May 2019 02:33:34 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/shocking-photo-shows-mt-everest-death-zone-traffic-jam-as-climber-fatalities-rise.154716/
http://bluechum.com/threads/shocking-photo-shows-mt-everest-death-zone-traffic-jam-as-climber-fatalities-rise.154716/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler Durdeneight have died during the spring climbing season thus far amid reports that hundreds of climbers have faced "traffic jams" near the peak at...

For the first time in over half a century, an American President has actually come out attacking the Military Industrial Complex. Of course, everyone knows of President Dwight D. Eisenhauer’s famous outgoing...

The dawn of war is a time of simple clarity and purpose. Good guys vs. bad guys. Cowboys vs. Indians. Confederates vs. Yankees. Coppers vs. robbers. It’s a time when lines are drawn, songs are sang, and drums are beaten with gaiety and confidence.

Indeed, calls for ‘a jolly little war’ are always greeted with merriment and optimism. This also goes for the dawn of a...

“Capitalism’s gratuitous wars and sanctioned greed have jeopardized the planet and filled it with refugees. Much of the blame for this rests squarely on the shoulders of the government of the United States. Seventeen years after invading Afghanistan, after bombing it into the ‘stone age’ with the sole aim of toppling the Taliban, the US government is back in talks...​

The Belligerence Of Empire]]>Chicago Schools Blow $54,000 To Reprint Yearbook Because Kids Made "OK" Hand Gesture In Some...Sat, 25 May 2019 01:31:02 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/chicago-schools-blow-54-000-to-reprint-yearbook-because-kids-made-ok-hand-gesture-in-some.154714/
http://bluechum.com/threads/chicago-schools-blow-54-000-to-reprint-yearbook-because-kids-made-ok-hand-gesture-in-some.154714/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler Durdendiscovering several photos of students making an "OK" hand gesture that had been joked to be associated with racism on sites like 4chan, according to CBS.

The symbol was thrust into the spotlight after users on 4chan began to joke that it should falsely be associated with racism because the three...

After a stroke felled Woodrow Wilson during his national tour to save his League of Nations, an old rival, Sen. Albert Fall, went to the White House to tell the president, “I have been praying for you, Sir.”

To which Wilson is said to have replied, “Which way, Senator?”
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Historians are in dispute as to whether...

Buchanan: Are We On The Ramp To Impeachment Road?]]>San Francisco: An Expensive, Shit-Covered Cesspool Marked By Crime And DepressionSat, 25 May 2019 00:21:05 +0000http://bluechum.com/threads/san-francisco-an-expensive-shit-covered-cesspool-marked-by-crime-and-depression.154710/
http://bluechum.com/threads/san-francisco-an-expensive-shit-covered-cesspool-marked-by-crime-and-depression.154710/invalid@example.com (Tyler Durden)Tyler DurdenCity-Journal's Erica Sandberg.